Zena prayed that the Comte de Graumont survived the duel. Would he ever forgive her for involving him in such a situation? It would break her heart but after this week they could never meet again.
Princess Marie-Therese and her brother elude their escorts to spend seven carefree days in Paris before she becomes engaged to an English Duke. In the glittering whirl of gaiety that marked the Second Empire, the Princess pretends to be Zena, her brother’s mistress, only to find that this brings unexpected problems not least when she falls madly in love with a debonair Frenchman.
Zena would count the world well lost for the Comte’s impassioned kisses but could love triumph over a royal decree and her father’s anger?
